Nemuri- Sleep
.....I took awhile to get this chapter out. And I knew what I was going to do with it, I just got kind of lazy. I have way too many fics at once....ho-hum. Anyhow...
Remember just as a note: Marik is still pretty weak after doing that spell with Isis and Malik, then calling upon the Shadow Realm and STILL having to maintain the Sun Dragon.
::Digs from her quote barrel.::
"I'll fly to the moon and back if you'll be, if you'll be my baby." -To the Moon & Back: Savage Garden
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"If the page is gone....than we have no other reference....what are we supposed to do..." The Dark Magician held back a curse, with Yugi near by, he didn't want to make any bad influences. Though, with the crew the boy hung around with, his mind has probably already been corrupted.
Yuumei tilted her head to the side, hands still interlocked as a mix of energy flowed around her. Everyone glanced to her as closed eyes opened and she whispered into the air. "There is a Duel Monster looking for us, you, Waizu...to be exact."
The magician gave a stiff nod and looked around at the gathering of working Duel Monsters, each trying to find out what was going on in the real world. Eyes fell to the overly large black eagle, red eyes, gold talons and beak, and a crimson scared infused on its head. "Tsubasa! Go, find this new dweller!"
The Punished Eagle reared up its head with a loud caw, wings opening and without another sound, the bird took the air of the Shadow Realm. In any luck, it would return soon.
***
"Find the Dark Magician...inform to contact the Pharaoh....message from Ssshadi to return to Domino city...." Hyosube hissed softly, as a reminder to himself. His tongue lathed over the side of its mouth, causing a lizard type lisp in his tone of voice. "But where iss Hyosube sssuppossed to find thiss magician...?" ((A/N: Yes, he's talking in third person.))
A caw was sounded, the bird of pray in its fast attempt to stalk the aqua creature. It hovered before the monster, the Shadow Realm rippling under it and forming a rock for him to land upon. Its wings folding in and he crewed out in a deep tone. "Are you thee monster is seek of the Dark Magician?"
"Yess....I, Hyosube have been ssent by my masster Ssshadi."
"Then follow me," Tsubasa flew back into the air again, looking back once before leading Hyosube back to the gathering area.
***
Quickly, by the time Hyosube and Tsubasa made it to the area with Yugi and the other Duel Monsters, the water creature moved in a sluggish type walk to Waizu, eying Yugi questionably. He moved so his face was mere centimeters from the Motou's face, frightening Yugi as its tongue sagged from its pointed shaped mouth. "I ssence ancient magic from thee....." A webbed hand scooped and tinkered at the puzzle. "Magic of thee Pharaoh...who iss this....? Who are you, boy?! Tell me! Tell Hyosube!"
"My name is, Y-Yugi Motou..."
"Sso, you are related to the Pharaoh now, I sssee....Well that makess thingss much eassier now..."
"Excuse me, but what in Ra's name are you here for, Hyosube?" The Dark Magician pulled the other creature away from Yugi (much to the boy's relief), staring down at it, a hand gripping at his staff.
"Waizu! Ah....my master, Ssshadi has ssent me to give you a message....No, he gave me a message for you to give thy Pharaoh...."
"And that message is...?" Waizu raised a brow and looked with a side glance to Yugi and back at the shorter creature before him.
"Tell the Pharaoh to return to.....ah me.....what wasss it called..?" It pondered to himself, before it seemed something clicked in. "Right! Domino City! They must return to Domino City because they found my master!"
"Yugi..?" The magician gave another look to Yugi, who in turn nodded as a way of saying he would tell his darker half right away.
/Yami!/
//.......Yes, aibou.......?//
Yugi's features furrowed at the feeling of depression coursing through the mental link now, but continue on with what was needed nevertheless. Besides, it was a much important thing to do.
/News here is that you guys should be going back to Domino City. One of Shadi's monsters made it here and said that the others found Shadi, and they are already heading to Domino as we speak../
//......Ok.......thank you, aibou........//
/Yami......are you ok.....?/
There was a long pause before.. //.........No.//
Yugi gulped, but something in his mind told him there was nothing he could do.
******
Yami sat upon the top of Osiris's head, legs crossed and pain streaming through every vein in his body. The last words Bakura snipped at him hurt, they really did hurt. And they were still stiff in his mind, fogging his thinking process. Those words, those fifty-eight words that he had counted and had burned in the innards of his skull:
"Just leave me alone! Alright, alright?! You've made my life so fucking miserable already so don't bother faking like you didn't do a damn thing! I know you'll strike again with some subtle plan of yours to send me spiraling into the darkest corners and curbs of my ring so just do it already or leave me alone.."
The Pharaoh held his head tightly in his grasp, thumbs pressuring his temples as if hoping the feeling of being ripped in half would just leave him. Why did it hurt so much?! Why did the words of Bakura effect him that's it's sending him down a spiral of darkness...?
And then, Yugi's previous words kicked in. That they didn't have to fly blindly anymore, that they could go home, if that's what it could be called. He could feel Yugi's worry for him, but greatly ignored it, finding it unimportant.
A single tanned hand of his reached out, stroking a spot of the graceful dragon's scales and muttered out dully. "Go back to the city, go back to the home of my aibou. Domino City." The dragon grunted an acknowledgement and shifted its body in a ninety degree angle, heading back, as if memorized, to Domino.
Ryou looked up from his spot away from Bakura and away from Yami, wondering why they were going back, but didn't even have to voice his thought for Yami spoke out in his sorrowful voice. "The others found Shadi. They are heading back as well. Yugi told me."
"Where was the man..?"
"I don't know."
The hikari faltered at the comment, then looked back and forth between the yamis and sighed.
"I'm starting to wish I was in the Shadow Realm with Yugi."
******
Half way there. Half way to Domino with Malik in his soul room, Marik sitting upon the head with Joey ((*cough*)) besides him. Isis said it was for the best, considering it was currently very possible for Marik to lose consciousness and fall off the dragon, and he was, unfortunately, the only one who could control it.
Isis and Seto sat around the center of the dragon's back, Shadi semi close to them as his eyes stared blankly into the sky. The image he showed, displayed he did NOT want to be there. Not one bit.
Last but not least, Drazzle. The lizard given to Marik by the "Australian" Len, and a damn good companion at that. Though, now it really was just a simple pet....he couldn't torment Joey with it like he had planned, for one: the Frilled Lizard enjoyed being around Joey (hair making a good place to curl). And two: Joey was starting to be fond of it.
Marik grunted to himself, realizing he was feeling JEALOUS that Drazzle seemed to like sleeping near Joey more than himself. Ha! What a laugh....jealous. Him? NO! Never! Fuck anyone who thinks that, in his opinion. Have some matches, have something flammable, and you can have a fire in Joey's hair!
But all those destructive thoughts flew from Marik's mind as he felt the world blipping out. Maybe Isis was right about him not being able to hold up, though he tried to believe he was fine. However, when his own dragon seemed to feel his weakening body, it probably meant something was wrong.
\\Master...you're getting light headed, I can tell.\\
\I'm fine! Why can't anyone see th-\ Marik wavered from where he sat and sure enough, he seemed to be slipping, and luckily (as planned just in case), Joey snatched him and held him upright.
Though, he didn't stay upright. From the lighter blonde's tug to hold him up, the fainted Marik collapsed into the other, Joey faltering a bit at the new weight, but there was no other place to set the yami, so Marik simply rested against Joey.
The said blonde looked over his shoulder to see the other occupants asleep, well, Shadi was meditating, but that was close enough. Might as well be comfortable....
******
"How far until we get back to the city....?" Ryou voiced out loudly, getting an answer a a few minutes later from the still guilt-struck Yami.
"Not far. Fifteen minutes, at the most."
"Um...thanks..." Ryou muttered. Getting a delayed answer was not what he called a fun day.
******
Marik stirred slightly, blinking his eyes open in confusion as he found himself laying across the head of the Sun Dragon. His legs were pointed towards the tail of the dragon, head closer to the forehead. Warmth had encircled him and he felt himself edge more into it, but then went tense as he realized WHAT he was curling into. Ok, so it was more like who, but nevertheless....Joey had his arms draped around him, asleep.
Eyes went wide as his mind told him to push himself away from the grasp, but his body refused and he mentally groaned. Why was this so damn comfortable?!
\\You've been like that for about an hour.\\
\Joy. How exactly DID I get like this...?\
\\You blacked out and slipped out of consciousness, and almost fell off, but that other snatched you upright and you sagged against him. I think he was trying to figure out what to do with you, but was afraid of you falling off, so he left you leaning against him. Let's just say this, he fell asleep, fell forward with you still against him and...well.....\\
The yami growled lightly, normally ready to shut the dragon up at any time, but at the moment he WANTED the Sun Dragon to finish this....happening.
\Well?! Well WHAT?!\
\\I'm not sure if you want to know....\\
\Tell me NOW or I'll burn your card when we get back to Domino!\
\\You curled against him, which forced him to put an arm around you.\\
\.........\ Marik remained silent after that and seemed to pout. 'Wait....so...he didn't do that on purpose...? The only reason he put an arm around me was because I moved against him....?' The yami sighed into the air, wondering where the sudden sadness came from figuring that thought. It had to be nothing.
Shadi's eyes snapped open from his state of meditation. "We're landing soon."
******
The beast known as Osiris grazed through the air of hometown Domino City. Current landing area set for the roof of Kaiba Corp where this all started. Ryou looked ready to pull out all of his hair, the silence was seriously beginning to kill him. But not long now....not long until they were landed on that roof with Malik and the others close by.
More than close than expected though.
It seemed the other party of people had just landed a few minutes ago, Ryou could catch a glimpse of the Sun Dragon. He listened as Yami spoke out in Egyptian, a command for the dragon/serpent to land, an easily accomplished task.
But unlike the Sun Dragon for staying in its form, Yami summoned back Osiris as a card, slipping it silently into his pocket, moving onto one side of Ryou.
Group faced group, three facing six. Ryou separated his yami and Yugi's yami by standing in between them, waiting for SOMEONE to speak out, but no one did. Marik had been standing on an end of his group's lineup, Joey to his left side and the Sun Dragon off to his near right.
\\Didn't they have one more when we left before...?\\
Marik blinked. "Where's Yugi...?"
Yami lowered his head, voice still whirred in a grave tone. "He's in the Shadow Realm with the Dark Magician and others.....trying to help from there..."
\\He seems thrilled.\\
"What has your spikes in a bunch, Pharaoh?"
Yami merely grunted, looked at Bakura (the guilty script etching over his face again) and looked away, unable to cope with these maters. Marik glared and stormed past the other, grabbing his arm and pulling him away from everyone.
Death grip still on Yami's arm, Marik spun the Pharaoh before him and scoffed darkly into his face. "What the hell is wrong with you?!"
Yami glanced off to the side, shifting his feet uncomfortably. "Nothing is wrong."
"Fuck it Yami! When the Sun Dragon notices that you are off beat, I'm pretty damn sure something has you tweaked!"
Curiosity struck Yami and his eyes immediately swept up to look straight into Marik's eyes. The action caught the other off guard slightly, but Marik regained focus and posture as Yami balanced out his question. "How do you know what the Sun Dragon feels...?" Marik was off guard again, how could Yami not know the answer to that?
"He told me."
"How...?"
"You know....mental connection?" Marik pushed on, still not seeing anything click by the look of Yami's face. "Oh don't tell me you don't communicate with Osiris."
"But I.....I don't....."
\Why can't he converse with Osiris?\
There was a long pause as the god card's head tilted from where it was laying, but answered Marik's question after attaining a fair responds. \\His mind is unclear, fogged by some sort of conflicting emotion I doubt he has even registered. It's hard enough for him to keep a mental link to his other half, let alone if he tried with he Saint Dragon, his mind most likely would become over powered.\\
"Yami. You seem REALLY stressed. Now, forget what I said of all this mental connection nonsense and let's go talk to Shadi, ne?"
The former Pharaoh's eyes glanced over to Bakura, then to Shadi as he gave a curt nod, brushing passed Marik without another word and walking towards Shadi, stopping before the magician. "So. You know nothing of this.....darkness?"
"Ile. None. If you all had given me more time then perhaps I could have found something. But that didn't o-"
Shadi's gaze reduced to look at a creature at his feet, that was, without delay, scooped into the hands of Joey Wheeler. "Drazzle! You have to stay with Marik!" The lizard gave a hiss and lifted its frill to show the inner anger, but the one holding him ignored it and walked towards Marik. "I found your lizard, it tried to introduce itself to Shadi, so to speak. I think you may want him back." Joey held out the lizard to Marik who grabbed it ruthlessly and placed him on his shoulder.
The Millennium Item guardian returned his attention back to Yami with a sigh. "As I was saying....I didn't receive as much time for research as I had hoped. By Ra...I have no idea what to do, we have no idea if the spell on our sky is even effecting the Earth in any shape or form! Hopeless.....how I hate to admit....."
******
A form moved slowly into the Turtle Game Shop after easily picking the lock and by passing the security system. He gave a chuckle and glanced around, finding a clock saying it was about one in the morning. The figure nodded to himself, taking a breath in as if trying to *feel* something. "Ah, yes.....this is definitely one of the households of the Millennium Items....now I only need the other four.....no one will get in our way...." The voice paused and smirked as he moved noiseless out the shop.
"No one."
******
Heh heh heh......Here's a hint, that last part is from a character that has been introduced already. Some may get it, but it's impossible to tell, really. I had funnnn with this chapter, especially with scenes on the Sun Dragon, with Marik and Joey ^^ So kawaii!!
Ah, I watched the second episode about three times, got through all my mail from the all-holy Yahoo Group I'm in (not the one in my bio, diff one). So nooowwwwww........I post this up! Akemi, if you're reading this....I'm STILL hyper! But not hyper enough to have combed through and edited this....sorry if it has some mistakes...
'til next chapter folks!
.....I took awhile to get this chapter out. And I knew what I was going to do with it, I just got kind of lazy. I have way too many fics at once....ho-hum. Anyhow...
Remember just as a note: Marik is still pretty weak after doing that spell with Isis and Malik, then calling upon the Shadow Realm and STILL having to maintain the Sun Dragon.
::Digs from her quote barrel.::
"I'll fly to the moon and back if you'll be, if you'll be my baby." -To the Moon & Back: Savage Garden
******
"If the page is gone....than we have no other reference....what are we supposed to do..." The Dark Magician held back a curse, with Yugi near by, he didn't want to make any bad influences. Though, with the crew the boy hung around with, his mind has probably already been corrupted.
Yuumei tilted her head to the side, hands still interlocked as a mix of energy flowed around her. Everyone glanced to her as closed eyes opened and she whispered into the air. "There is a Duel Monster looking for us, you, Waizu...to be exact."
The magician gave a stiff nod and looked around at the gathering of working Duel Monsters, each trying to find out what was going on in the real world. Eyes fell to the overly large black eagle, red eyes, gold talons and beak, and a crimson scared infused on its head. "Tsubasa! Go, find this new dweller!"
The Punished Eagle reared up its head with a loud caw, wings opening and without another sound, the bird took the air of the Shadow Realm. In any luck, it would return soon.
***
"Find the Dark Magician...inform to contact the Pharaoh....message from Ssshadi to return to Domino city...." Hyosube hissed softly, as a reminder to himself. His tongue lathed over the side of its mouth, causing a lizard type lisp in his tone of voice. "But where iss Hyosube sssuppossed to find thiss magician...?" ((A/N: Yes, he's talking in third person.))
A caw was sounded, the bird of pray in its fast attempt to stalk the aqua creature. It hovered before the monster, the Shadow Realm rippling under it and forming a rock for him to land upon. Its wings folding in and he crewed out in a deep tone. "Are you thee monster is seek of the Dark Magician?"
"Yess....I, Hyosube have been ssent by my masster Ssshadi."
"Then follow me," Tsubasa flew back into the air again, looking back once before leading Hyosube back to the gathering area.
***
Quickly, by the time Hyosube and Tsubasa made it to the area with Yugi and the other Duel Monsters, the water creature moved in a sluggish type walk to Waizu, eying Yugi questionably. He moved so his face was mere centimeters from the Motou's face, frightening Yugi as its tongue sagged from its pointed shaped mouth. "I ssence ancient magic from thee....." A webbed hand scooped and tinkered at the puzzle. "Magic of thee Pharaoh...who iss this....? Who are you, boy?! Tell me! Tell Hyosube!"
"My name is, Y-Yugi Motou..."
"Sso, you are related to the Pharaoh now, I sssee....Well that makess thingss much eassier now..."
"Excuse me, but what in Ra's name are you here for, Hyosube?" The Dark Magician pulled the other creature away from Yugi (much to the boy's relief), staring down at it, a hand gripping at his staff.
"Waizu! Ah....my master, Ssshadi has ssent me to give you a message....No, he gave me a message for you to give thy Pharaoh...."
"And that message is...?" Waizu raised a brow and looked with a side glance to Yugi and back at the shorter creature before him.
"Tell the Pharaoh to return to.....ah me.....what wasss it called..?" It pondered to himself, before it seemed something clicked in. "Right! Domino City! They must return to Domino City because they found my master!"
"Yugi..?" The magician gave another look to Yugi, who in turn nodded as a way of saying he would tell his darker half right away.
/Yami!/
//.......Yes, aibou.......?//
Yugi's features furrowed at the feeling of depression coursing through the mental link now, but continue on with what was needed nevertheless. Besides, it was a much important thing to do.
/News here is that you guys should be going back to Domino City. One of Shadi's monsters made it here and said that the others found Shadi, and they are already heading to Domino as we speak../
//......Ok.......thank you, aibou........//
/Yami......are you ok.....?/
There was a long pause before.. //.........No.//
Yugi gulped, but something in his mind told him there was nothing he could do.
******
Yami sat upon the top of Osiris's head, legs crossed and pain streaming through every vein in his body. The last words Bakura snipped at him hurt, they really did hurt. And they were still stiff in his mind, fogging his thinking process. Those words, those fifty-eight words that he had counted and had burned in the innards of his skull:
"Just leave me alone! Alright, alright?! You've made my life so fucking miserable already so don't bother faking like you didn't do a damn thing! I know you'll strike again with some subtle plan of yours to send me spiraling into the darkest corners and curbs of my ring so just do it already or leave me alone.."
The Pharaoh held his head tightly in his grasp, thumbs pressuring his temples as if hoping the feeling of being ripped in half would just leave him. Why did it hurt so much?! Why did the words of Bakura effect him that's it's sending him down a spiral of darkness...?
And then, Yugi's previous words kicked in. That they didn't have to fly blindly anymore, that they could go home, if that's what it could be called. He could feel Yugi's worry for him, but greatly ignored it, finding it unimportant.
A single tanned hand of his reached out, stroking a spot of the graceful dragon's scales and muttered out dully. "Go back to the city, go back to the home of my aibou. Domino City." The dragon grunted an acknowledgement and shifted its body in a ninety degree angle, heading back, as if memorized, to Domino.
Ryou looked up from his spot away from Bakura and away from Yami, wondering why they were going back, but didn't even have to voice his thought for Yami spoke out in his sorrowful voice. "The others found Shadi. They are heading back as well. Yugi told me."
"Where was the man..?"
"I don't know."
The hikari faltered at the comment, then looked back and forth between the yamis and sighed.
"I'm starting to wish I was in the Shadow Realm with Yugi."
******
Half way there. Half way to Domino with Malik in his soul room, Marik sitting upon the head with Joey ((*cough*)) besides him. Isis said it was for the best, considering it was currently very possible for Marik to lose consciousness and fall off the dragon, and he was, unfortunately, the only one who could control it.
Isis and Seto sat around the center of the dragon's back, Shadi semi close to them as his eyes stared blankly into the sky. The image he showed, displayed he did NOT want to be there. Not one bit.
Last but not least, Drazzle. The lizard given to Marik by the "Australian" Len, and a damn good companion at that. Though, now it really was just a simple pet....he couldn't torment Joey with it like he had planned, for one: the Frilled Lizard enjoyed being around Joey (hair making a good place to curl). And two: Joey was starting to be fond of it.
Marik grunted to himself, realizing he was feeling JEALOUS that Drazzle seemed to like sleeping near Joey more than himself. Ha! What a laugh....jealous. Him? NO! Never! Fuck anyone who thinks that, in his opinion. Have some matches, have something flammable, and you can have a fire in Joey's hair!
But all those destructive thoughts flew from Marik's mind as he felt the world blipping out. Maybe Isis was right about him not being able to hold up, though he tried to believe he was fine. However, when his own dragon seemed to feel his weakening body, it probably meant something was wrong.
\\Master...you're getting light headed, I can tell.\\
\I'm fine! Why can't anyone see th-\ Marik wavered from where he sat and sure enough, he seemed to be slipping, and luckily (as planned just in case), Joey snatched him and held him upright.
Though, he didn't stay upright. From the lighter blonde's tug to hold him up, the fainted Marik collapsed into the other, Joey faltering a bit at the new weight, but there was no other place to set the yami, so Marik simply rested against Joey.
The said blonde looked over his shoulder to see the other occupants asleep, well, Shadi was meditating, but that was close enough. Might as well be comfortable....
******
"How far until we get back to the city....?" Ryou voiced out loudly, getting an answer a a few minutes later from the still guilt-struck Yami.
"Not far. Fifteen minutes, at the most."
"Um...thanks..." Ryou muttered. Getting a delayed answer was not what he called a fun day.
******
Marik stirred slightly, blinking his eyes open in confusion as he found himself laying across the head of the Sun Dragon. His legs were pointed towards the tail of the dragon, head closer to the forehead. Warmth had encircled him and he felt himself edge more into it, but then went tense as he realized WHAT he was curling into. Ok, so it was more like who, but nevertheless....Joey had his arms draped around him, asleep.
Eyes went wide as his mind told him to push himself away from the grasp, but his body refused and he mentally groaned. Why was this so damn comfortable?!
\\You've been like that for about an hour.\\
\Joy. How exactly DID I get like this...?\
\\You blacked out and slipped out of consciousness, and almost fell off, but that other snatched you upright and you sagged against him. I think he was trying to figure out what to do with you, but was afraid of you falling off, so he left you leaning against him. Let's just say this, he fell asleep, fell forward with you still against him and...well.....\\
The yami growled lightly, normally ready to shut the dragon up at any time, but at the moment he WANTED the Sun Dragon to finish this....happening.
\Well?! Well WHAT?!\
\\I'm not sure if you want to know....\\
\Tell me NOW or I'll burn your card when we get back to Domino!\
\\You curled against him, which forced him to put an arm around you.\\
\.........\ Marik remained silent after that and seemed to pout. 'Wait....so...he didn't do that on purpose...? The only reason he put an arm around me was because I moved against him....?' The yami sighed into the air, wondering where the sudden sadness came from figuring that thought. It had to be nothing.
Shadi's eyes snapped open from his state of meditation. "We're landing soon."
******
The beast known as Osiris grazed through the air of hometown Domino City. Current landing area set for the roof of Kaiba Corp where this all started. Ryou looked ready to pull out all of his hair, the silence was seriously beginning to kill him. But not long now....not long until they were landed on that roof with Malik and the others close by.
More than close than expected though.
It seemed the other party of people had just landed a few minutes ago, Ryou could catch a glimpse of the Sun Dragon. He listened as Yami spoke out in Egyptian, a command for the dragon/serpent to land, an easily accomplished task.
But unlike the Sun Dragon for staying in its form, Yami summoned back Osiris as a card, slipping it silently into his pocket, moving onto one side of Ryou.
Group faced group, three facing six. Ryou separated his yami and Yugi's yami by standing in between them, waiting for SOMEONE to speak out, but no one did. Marik had been standing on an end of his group's lineup, Joey to his left side and the Sun Dragon off to his near right.
\\Didn't they have one more when we left before...?\\
Marik blinked. "Where's Yugi...?"
Yami lowered his head, voice still whirred in a grave tone. "He's in the Shadow Realm with the Dark Magician and others.....trying to help from there..."
\\He seems thrilled.\\
"What has your spikes in a bunch, Pharaoh?"
Yami merely grunted, looked at Bakura (the guilty script etching over his face again) and looked away, unable to cope with these maters. Marik glared and stormed past the other, grabbing his arm and pulling him away from everyone.
Death grip still on Yami's arm, Marik spun the Pharaoh before him and scoffed darkly into his face. "What the hell is wrong with you?!"
Yami glanced off to the side, shifting his feet uncomfortably. "Nothing is wrong."
"Fuck it Yami! When the Sun Dragon notices that you are off beat, I'm pretty damn sure something has you tweaked!"
Curiosity struck Yami and his eyes immediately swept up to look straight into Marik's eyes. The action caught the other off guard slightly, but Marik regained focus and posture as Yami balanced out his question. "How do you know what the Sun Dragon feels...?" Marik was off guard again, how could Yami not know the answer to that?
"He told me."
"How...?"
"You know....mental connection?" Marik pushed on, still not seeing anything click by the look of Yami's face. "Oh don't tell me you don't communicate with Osiris."
"But I.....I don't....."
\Why can't he converse with Osiris?\
There was a long pause as the god card's head tilted from where it was laying, but answered Marik's question after attaining a fair responds. \\His mind is unclear, fogged by some sort of conflicting emotion I doubt he has even registered. It's hard enough for him to keep a mental link to his other half, let alone if he tried with he Saint Dragon, his mind most likely would become over powered.\\
"Yami. You seem REALLY stressed. Now, forget what I said of all this mental connection nonsense and let's go talk to Shadi, ne?"
The former Pharaoh's eyes glanced over to Bakura, then to Shadi as he gave a curt nod, brushing passed Marik without another word and walking towards Shadi, stopping before the magician. "So. You know nothing of this.....darkness?"
"Ile. None. If you all had given me more time then perhaps I could have found something. But that didn't o-"
Shadi's gaze reduced to look at a creature at his feet, that was, without delay, scooped into the hands of Joey Wheeler. "Drazzle! You have to stay with Marik!" The lizard gave a hiss and lifted its frill to show the inner anger, but the one holding him ignored it and walked towards Marik. "I found your lizard, it tried to introduce itself to Shadi, so to speak. I think you may want him back." Joey held out the lizard to Marik who grabbed it ruthlessly and placed him on his shoulder.
The Millennium Item guardian returned his attention back to Yami with a sigh. "As I was saying....I didn't receive as much time for research as I had hoped. By Ra...I have no idea what to do, we have no idea if the spell on our sky is even effecting the Earth in any shape or form! Hopeless.....how I hate to admit....."
******
A form moved slowly into the Turtle Game Shop after easily picking the lock and by passing the security system. He gave a chuckle and glanced around, finding a clock saying it was about one in the morning. The figure nodded to himself, taking a breath in as if trying to *feel* something. "Ah, yes.....this is definitely one of the households of the Millennium Items....now I only need the other four.....no one will get in our way...." The voice paused and smirked as he moved noiseless out the shop.
"No one."
******
Heh heh heh......Here's a hint, that last part is from a character that has been introduced already. Some may get it, but it's impossible to tell, really. I had funnnn with this chapter, especially with scenes on the Sun Dragon, with Marik and Joey ^^ So kawaii!!
Ah, I watched the second episode about three times, got through all my mail from the all-holy Yahoo Group I'm in (not the one in my bio, diff one). So nooowwwwww........I post this up! Akemi, if you're reading this....I'm STILL hyper! But not hyper enough to have combed through and edited this....sorry if it has some mistakes...
'til next chapter folks!
